The EU-China Forum on global governance
New problems naturally cause new headaches. This increases the urgency and importance of finding new tools to deal with new challenges. Today, global governance must (…)The EU-China Forum on global governance
A new water culture: climate change, efficiency, infrastructure and innovation
The events of the past four years, from global epidemics to armed conflicts, have highlighted how rapidly the sociopolitical conditions under which water is supplied, (…)A new water culture: climate change, efficiency, infrastructure and innovation
Energy: Making the transition happen
The energy transition is at a crucial juncture. The geopolitical crises of recent years have raised concerns over the increasingly serious effects of climate change, (…)Energy: Making the transition happen
Aspen Seminars for Leaders 2024
Aspen Institute Italia celebrated 40 years of activity during the 43rd edition of the Aspen Seminars for Leaders, held in the traditional setting of Venice. (…)Aspen Seminars for Leaders 2024
Building a new alliance: development and the environment
The relationship between environmental sustainability and economic, social and infrastructural development must form the nucleus of a discussion that embraces energy-concerned opinion-makers as well as (…)Building a new alliance: development and the environment
The future of agriculture: innovation, sustainability, cooperation
The agro-food sector – ever central and strategic to public policies due to its pivotal contribution to the health and well-being of citizens – is (…)The future of agriculture: innovation, sustainability, cooperation
Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
Anyone who knows anything about history knows that the Mediterranean Sea has been a setting for both conflict and commerce for millennia; even the discovery (…)Southern Italy: business, culture, innovation
Aspen Italia Initiative on Africa
Since the 1960s, several European and African countries have been working to redress the colonial legacy through economic partnerships. Italy has played an active part (…)Aspen Italia Initiative on Africa
Cities: drivers of change
Not only is the urbanization boom showing no sign of slowing down, but by 2050, 66% of the world population is expected to be living (…)Cities: drivers of change
The future of energy
The Italian energy system managed to weather the perfect storm of 2022 generated by the spike in gas prices following the Ukraine war and the simultaneous reduction in hydroelectricity production caused by drought. That was made possible by replacing Russian gas with supplies from other sources.
Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
Despite the complexities associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the current global scenario offers new prospects for the energy transition.
The water industry
The water industry is strategic to the future of Italy from the point of view not only of the economy but also of the country’s resilience to the increasingly complex challenges posed by the climate crisis.
Italy between energy security and the green transition
At one year from the start of the Ukraine war, which has upended an energy sector already struggling under the pressure of the post-Covid recovery, Europe finds itself faced with a “trilemma”.
Navigating risk for a green world: challenges and opportunities
Ours is not an era of change, but rather the change of an era, and the state of the art is that of a sick (…)Navigating risk for a green world: challenges and opportunities
The future of mobility. Between energy transitions and value chains
The so-called “dual revolution” – digital and ecological – has begun, and is having a direct impact on the automotive sector and the entire industry it encompasses. The process combines global international commitments with specific political choices at European level even ahead of national level. The overall global context and the instability caused by the Ukraine war have inevitably complicated an already very complex transition.
Toward COP 26: The Climate Challenge and Energy Transition
Rome, 16 September 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with EDISON, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “Climate change: the COP26 challenge”.
The Energy Transition and Its Impact on the Economic and Geopolitical System
Rome, 9 July 2021 – Aspen Institute Italia, in partnership with CESI, will be holding an Aspenia Talk on “Energy in the post-COVID transition between geopolitics and growth” in digital mode.
The economics of climate change: a joint agenda between US and Europe
Policies for waging the battle against climate change and for and managing the phenomenon are central to both the post-pandemic economic recovery and to transatlantic relations at this new stage of opportunity for Euro-American cooperation. The slogan adopted by Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral campaign – “Build Back Better” – can be considered overall a highly appropriate approach to the international circumstances that distinguish 2021.
Biden’s economic agenda
Adam Posen
President, Peterson Institute for International Economics
evento correlato: L’America nonostante tutto
Making the most of Italy’s energy resources
The focus of both the G20 in Rome in October and of the COP26 in Glasgow in November was the energy transition. Italy continues to be an active participant in a debate that sheds light on the fact that the transition is not only energy-related, but also an economic, financial, social and cultural one.
Climate change: the COP26 challenge
The COP26 offers a crucial window of opportunity in the struggle against climate change. After the G20 in Naples, the Glasgow conference under the Italian and British presidency will be a moment for the world’s most prominent economies to scrutinize fulfillment of the 2015 Paris Accord pledges and discuss future steps.